Parts of Animal, Plant, & Bacteria Cells

Question 1

What is the function of the nucleus?

Answer 1

It contains the DNA

Question 2

What is the function of the cell membrane?

Answer 2

It lets certain things in while keeping others out (partially permeable)

Question 3

What is the function of the cell wall?

Answer 3

It gives the cell structure and protects it. (fully permeable)

Question 4

What is the function of the vacuole?

Answer 4

Stores water

Question 5

What is the function of mitochondria?

Answer 5

Releases energy in respiration

Question 6

What is the function of chloroplasts?

Answer 6

Where photosynthesis happens

Question 7

What is the function of ribosomes?

Answer 7

Make proteins

Question 8

True or false: Both plant and animals cells have cell membranes.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or false: Both plant and animals cells have cell walls.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or false: Both plant and animals cells have vacuoles.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or false: An animal cell’s vacuole is bigger than the plant cells’

Answer 11

False

Question 12

How many nuclei do every cell have?

Answer 12

One

Question 13

How many cells do bacteria have?

Answer 13

One

Question 14

True or false: Bacteria cells don’t have nuclei.

Answer 14

True

Have circular DNA or bacterial chromosome that’s loose, same function

Question 15

True or false: Bacteria cells don’t have DNA.

Answer 15

False

They don’t have nuclei, but do have DNA - it’s floating around the cell

Question 16

What are plasmids?

Answer 16

Smaller cirlces of DNA

Question 17

In what type of cell are plasmids found?

Answer 17

Bacteria cells

Question 18

What is a flagella and what is it’s function?

Answer 18

Long structure that rotates to propel bacteria.

Question 19

How is the cell wall in bacteria different than in plant and animal cells?

Answer 19

Made of peptidoglycan instead of cellulose

Same function